The History Of Herodotus Volume 1 of 2

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NOTES TO BOOK IV.

1 (return) [ Some enterprises had been
entrusted to others, e.g. the attack on Samos; but this had not been the
case with the capture of Babylon, therefore some Editors have proposed
corrections, e.g. {au tou} (Schweighäuser), and {autika} (Stein).]

3 (return) [ {tes ano 'Asies}: this
means Eastern Asia as distinguished from the coasts of Asia Minor; see i.
103 and 177.]

4 (return) [ {katapausantes}: the
expression is awkward if meant to be equivalent to {kai katepausan}, but
it is hardly improved by the alteration to {katapausontes}. Perhaps the
clause is out of place.]

6 (return) [ {peristixantes}: so the
two best MSS.; others have {peristesantes} or {peristexantes}. The word
{peristixantes} would be from {peristikho}, equivalent to {peristikhizo},
and is acknowledged in this sense by Hesychius.]

7 (return) [ The connexion is not clear
either at the beginning of the chapter or here. This clause would seem to
be a repetition of that at the beginning of the chapter, and that which
comes between should be an explanation of the reason why the slaves are
blinded. As it stands, however, we can only refer it to the clause which
follows, {ou gar arotai eisi alla nomades}, and even so there is no real
solution of the difficulty, for it is not explained why nomads should have
blinded slaves. Perhaps the best resource is to suppose that some part of
the explanation, in connexion with the manner of dealing with the milk,
has been lost.]

8 (return) [ {te per}: a conjectural
emendation for {e per}, "which is a very great lake".]

9 (return) [ {epi touton arkhonton}:
the word {arkhonton} is omitted in some MSS. and by some Editors.]

11 (return) [ {tous basileious}: so
Wesseling. The MSS. have {tous basileas}, "the kings," which may perhaps
be used here as equivalent to {tous basileious}: some Editors, including
Stein, adopt the conjecture {tou basileos}, "from the youngest of them
who, was king, those who," etc.]

19 (return) [ {to agalmati to
'Apollonos}: {agalma} is used for anything dedicated to a god, most
commonly the sacred image.]

20 (return) [ {katuperthe}: "above,"
i.e. beyond them towards the North. Similarly when dealing with Libya the
writer uses the same word of those further from the coast towards the
South; see ch. 174.]

21 (return) [ {en autoisi toisi epesi
poieon}: "even in the verses which he composed," in which he might be
expected as a poet to go somewhat beyond the literal truth.]

46 (return) [ Stein reads {eisi de}
for {eisi de}, and punctuates so that the meaning is, "it has become the
greatest of all rivers in the following manner:—besides other rivers
which flow into it, those which especially make it great are as follows".]